People v. Hillhouse

The defendant was convicted of the larceny of a horse. The horse was owned by Edwin F. Hillhouse, a son of defendant, who brought the horse from Ohio for the purpose of putting him into the races. Soon after reaching Michigan, the horse got badly out of ■condition, and his owner was obliged to put up the entry fees, and, being impecunious, borrowed money from Mr. John W. Boardman, and gave- him a mortgage upon the horse. Defendant is a veterinary surgeon, who was then residing in Ohio, and at his son’s solicitation he came to Jackson, and treated the horse, with a view of curing him of his…